on the State Cabinet of Natural History. 11 



From S. B. Woolworth, LL.D., Albany, JV. Y. 



A fine specimen of Modiola conoentrica, from the Hamilton 

 Group. Locality unknown. 



From D. S. Blair, Albany, JV. Y. 



A specimen of Coal Plant, from Scranton, Pa., 190 feet below the 

 surface, just above the second coal bed. 



From Major-Gen. Barnum, Inspector of State Prisons. 

 A block of Marble, from the State Quarries at Sing Sing. 



From Mr. Rothout, Albany, ]V. Y. 

 A specimen of Auriferous Quartz, and a specimen of Pitchstone 

 Obsidian, from California. 



From Thomas E. Van Loon, Albany, JN~. Y. 

 A collection of Coal Plants, from Pennsylvania. 



From W. D. Swain, M.D. 



A pebble of Conglomerate, and white quartz pebbles in a brown 

 matrix, said to have been found in Albany. 



From Leonard Smith, Troy, JSF. Y. 

 Specimens of Variegated Marble, from Scranton Falls, Vermont. 



From "William Shepaed, Clifton Park, JV. Y. ' 



Siliceous Limestone, of irregular stratification, worn in the form of a 

 bone. 



From J. C. Goodrich. 

 Stockbridg-e Limestone, from the Glendale Quarry, Mass. Sent as 

 a sample for foundation of New Capitol. 



From Dr. B. L. Allen and J. H. White, Saratoga, W. Y. 

 Four six-inch Cubes of Granite. 



From Spencer Daniels, Albany, W. Y. 

 Fossil Fish and two fossil Crustaceans, from Solenhofen, Bavaria. 



From Seth Covell, Saratoga Springs, JV. Y. 

 A pebble of brownish sandstone, which, from its shape and eye-like 

 cavities, was supposed to have been a Potato. 



From Horace F. Buckley. 

 •A part of a Mastodon Tooth, from Dry Creek, near Snelling's 

 Ranch, California. Found in a stratum of claystone, sixty feet 

 below, the surface. 



